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ALKING of 3cc£3 Cill laCe one 
cVc, 
or CKe \''ariou5 cloclrii\«?^ fK^ 

5ain£5 believe, 
TKal nigKt I sfo^d ir\ a Iroubkd 



By CK^ ^icl? of a darkly flowlt\«5' 
,sirean\. 




^lAcl a (. l\upcKn\at\ d^nx^u i'o tK<- 

piv'^r can\'^: 
WKcr\ I heard a ^traixge \7oice 

call Wis i\aii\e, 

.«.:«:..._ tKis tid^, 

Y^u rnusi l^aVe. y^up v^b^s o\\ tk? 
otkep .side." ^fc 




Bui tK<^ agej latKep did t\of 
n\i lAcl , -^ -^ 






_ ^ kek' t ^ ^ :^' 

7\5 d^wa O' tl\e ^tpeaiTY Ki5 way 
Re took, ^^____S ^ 

"tlis pale kaixd^'" claspirv^ a ^lii^- 
cdged book, ""^^ 



'I'm boui\cl fop Kea\?ei\, ai\d vc^K^u Kn 
"^ -- tkepe, 
^ff"- ""^i^^-^^L-^tvall wai\( n\y book of \^kF^ 
¥S '"9S*? ^ ,-^K Comn\Ou Prayer; <^p^^ 

-%-^g;;^^P^S--' '^'^^"^^^-y^^ ^ ^ '^ti tK^vigK I put oi\ a ^tcirry 




^-■-1 5Kould feel quite lo^t^witKout 
"Us ^^"' \x\y p'owrv'.' .-^^-^^^ 

^^ -*^^I-lir^^£T^ ^"^ fixed Kis eye oia the "^r 
"1 ^sKiairxg track, ; 

But Ki5 gowi\ was Kea\?y, and Keld 
1^:^^=^ Kirrv back, 
^^W £Ke poor old fatKep tried ii\^ 
"~" Vain., ^^^^=0^""^ 

^ ^ii\gle ^tep/m^CKe flood, f^ 
gairx.^<^ 




I s&^' Kim agairv on t\\^ otW^r 
-"^-i ^^ 5ide, 

,.^:A^'^ Bu€ Ki5 ^ilk go\(c^r\ floaied oia IKe 
tide; 
'At\cI i\o or\"^ a5ked ii\ tkat bliss- 
ful 5p^t, 
WKetKep Ke bcloaged fo " tK^ 
CKurcK" or not. 

- TK^r\ clo\>c^i\ O? IRe pi\?er a Quaker 

-. liis drc55 of a 5ober Kue vCa5 

iRade; 
"My coal ar\d Kai mu^l be all of 

I carvrvol go any otKer \?^ay^ " 




TKen. Ke buttoaed Kij coat ^^(raigKC 
j,-^i^;- -• ^P ^° ^^^ cKirv. 
^^^V\nd ^Caidly, solemnly, waded irv, 
^^^^ And Kis broad-brimmed Kat Ke 
pviUcd dowT\ ti^Kt 



-^■^^-^- — — Over Ki5 forcKead, 30 cold and 





Bui a strong' wind carried avt'-ay 
^ Kis Kat; 
=_ A moment K^ .•silently .si^K^d over 

^IKat, 
^And iKen, a«5 K^ cJ-az^d t^ (Ke 

^ farCK«^r ^^Kor^, 

TKe coai ^lipp^d off. and ^as 
^een r\o n\*^pe. 



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J I' 



iu.m 




"As Ke entered KcaN?<^i\, Ki^ 5*.iii 

of oVay 
Wet\t quietly 5 all ii\g- away- away 
"Ai\d iAoi\e of tK^ awg^h que^iio,^- 

cd Kitw 
7\boul iK^^ vvidlK of Ki\'5 b'^aVer^ 
brin\."^ "H^^ 



^Ncxt cam*' Dr-. Walt.s witK a bur\- 

dle o{ p5alii\s 
Tird lAiefly up tiA Ki^s aged arm^^ 
"And Kyii\i\3 as many, a Very wi^^ 

IKilAg, 

TKal Ib^ p<^ople iiA beaV^iA, "all 

.y7g^-^r^:^%»... , 1; ^ vt n d " mi o K t ^ _ 

^^ ,sirvt^. 




But I (Kovio-Kl tUat Ke- K^^avcd ai\ 



ai\xi*^Hi? .si-^K, ^-s 



?\.s K"^ ,sa\v that ttx*^ riV^r ran broad 

7\rvd locked ralKcr ^urpn's^d, aS; 
on^ by oiA'^ , 
1 TK^ Psaliivs and HyiiM\s ii\ t K^ 
NX^aVt" \)e^r\t down. 



And a Rep Kiti\, wilK Ki.s n55., 
Can\e \)C^egley^ (Kt" patiei^n ot 
^^ ^o d 1 i i\ e,s5 , 
=^ But he cri^d, Dear iiv^ \vl\a£ ^Kali 
^'' 1 do? 



rrK^^wat^iS^Ka3~5oak^d fK^m 
"" tKr<^vi^K atAd 



wm-^: ^^^% 







n?^. 







iKwA tKcre oi\ iK'' v\\'^v, far at\d 
'wid'^, 
J\wa.y tK<?y wcpvt dowi\ fK«? swol- 

lei\ tide, 
r Arvd tkg saiiAt a^tonisK^^d, passed 
^=^^^===- tKpou^K alorv^, 

WitKoui Ki5 manuscript^, up to_ 

TK^rv grav'^ly walking, fwo paints 

by rvanv^, 
Down, io fk^ .5€rcan\ to^ctRer 

cain^, 
But a.s tKe-y stopped at tl\e riVep^s 
— . brirvk, 

, I ^aW one 5aii\t Cvo^w iK^ ot[\er 
sKrink. 







5prii\kl^cl or plut\g^cl, tivay I ask you, 

friend, 
How yOu attained t^ life's ^rcat 

md?" 
TKu5 . \x/itK a few drops on. irvy 

brow. " 
"But 1 Kave bcerv dipped, as you'll 

5CC nrv<? now; 

"And 1 really iKink it >vill Kardly 

|Ss!»i=s»_ do, 

As I'm 'close commurvion/ f^ cro55 

>X/^i£l\ y^u; 
YouV^ bound, I kn^w, iP (K^ r^alnvs 

of bliss, 
But you n\u5f <^ tKat ^^ay, and FU 

§° this." 



4> 1 Ken sCrai^Ktw^ay pl(.ii\oii\^ witlv all l\i.s iiiiokl , 
m 7\way"0^ tK<^ Icil -Kb^ trieml at lK<^ figKl. 

!^ 'W «.I^V>''', '-^p-^i't tKe\^ \v^M\t' tp^'n\ tl\is w^rld 

^^^^^^$"^^ af last C^gctKeiy^^tKey erJepcJ in. 



IW °And ixoxjc'^ v5,'Ke|\ tK^ piV^r was rollirv^ or\, 
p-s_^J^ Prc5by{«'riai\ cKurcK w^'rvi doNx^rv; 
Of \3>70ir\ei\ rUer^" ^ccn\^d aw iiM\vim«?rabl^ 






iKp^lAO, 



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^■'*"'!'' But tRe n\ei\ I could count, as iK^^v pa.s.s- 
yili^f" ^ ed aiol^o••. 

^^^j^"^v_'y\rvcl cotxc^rnirvg fk^ poad^ tK?y c;o(.ild 

TK^ old OP tK^ lAew wav, wKieK it 
could be, 




Nor ever a mon\ent paused C' think 

That both vvovild lead i^ iU^ viv^v's 
brink. 

i\x\d a ^ound of nuirmurirvoT long 
and loud 
4 Came c\?^v up from i\\^ moving; crowd 
1. lovt'r'^ \n the old way, and I'm ii\ 
_^^s«^^ the i\e\v, 

^TKat b (Ke fabe, and iKi.s [5 i\\^ 
—"^^^^^^ irue," — 

c Or, " I'm ii\ i\\^ old way, and yoviV^ 
''^ in the uew^ 

TKaf is the faUe and this is tK«^ true'.' 

But LK«^ brelKren only .sccnAed ft> 
5peak, 




Modesl tKc" sisters walked, and me«"k, 
T^nd if ev^r one of {Ken\ chanced (^ .say 

Wka£ (.rouble^ ^Ke n\et witK oi\ Ihe way, 
liow sh^ longed {^ pass t^' tk^ 

oiK^r 5ide^ 
IHor feared C° cross over (K^^ .sw^-il- 

ing fide 
VX voice arose from iKc bretKren 

tKcn: 
"Let no one ^peak but fKe Koly 
1— men;' 

For have ye Y\oi Keard the words 
of Paul, 
z_ 'Oh, let the women keep ^ilenCe all?' 

I watched them long in my curious 
dream. 




Till iKt-y siood b_y t Ue bord<"r^ oi' ll\e stream, 
TK^r\, just as I tK'^iirfKt, i\\^ tw^ way5 m^t, 
But all £K^ br-f'tkren were talking yet, 
'And w-ould talk or\, till fK^ hcav- 

ii\0[ tide 
Carried theiyy ov<?r, side by side; 
Sid^ by side, for tK^ ^x^ay was on^, 
TKe toils^m^ joiirtA^y of life \x^a5 

done, 
"And all wb*^ in Cd^rist (Ke" Savior 
died, 
_ Cam^ out alike on tKc otKep ,<5ide. 

-- iN'o iorms, or cr^s5e5, or books bad tK^y^^ 
— ~^o gowns of silk, or suits of ^ray, 
^ l^o creeds t^ guide IKem, or ^?55., 

For all Kad put on CKrisf's rigKteou5- 
rvess. ^^ "'^ '~' 



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